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Equal-area world map popularized by Arno Peters as a challenge to Mercator classroom maps. One camp treats it as a size correction; the other as another political choice of projection, often under the name Gall–Peters.
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Arno Peters
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cylindrical equal-area projection
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Daniel Dorling
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Equal-area projection
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Esri
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Gall–Peters projection
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Global Citizen
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Hobo-Dyer projection
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Internet Archive
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James Gall
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Map of the world, Peters projection
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Mark Monmonier
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Mercator projection
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Milhaud Maps
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New Internationalist
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ODT, Inc.
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Oxford Cartographers
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Peters Environmental Map
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Peters Political Map
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Peters projection
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Peters Projection Map
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Peters Projection World Environmental
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Reach and Teach
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Rhumb lines and map wars
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University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Libraries
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World Peters Projection Map, Pacific-centered
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